They parrot “Democrats want open borders.” The truth: Democrats prioritize finite border enforcement funding on criminals, not the low-hanging fruit of families who have contributed to their communities for decades and are raising their citizen children to be loyal Americans. Republicans embrace the cruelty of family separation and caging toddlers.

They parrot “Democrats want gun confiscation.” The truth: Democrats don’t want their weapons or anyone else’s confiscated. They merely want to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people by implementing commonsense measures proven to reduce gun violence without disarming law-abiding citizens.

They parrot “Democrats want to increase your taxes for free stuff.” The truth: Democrats, being mature adults, understand that essential government services like military defense and law enforcement must be paid for. That’s why Democrats oppose GOP deficits, which immorally burden future generations and foolishly waste taxes on interest payments. GOP deficits make Republicans the real party of free stuff.

They parrot “Democrats stand for nothing but opposing Trump.” The truth is that Democrats are the only party defending Christian and American values against their relentless assault by the party making America hate again.

How UT players can stop dropping the football

I have been watching the initial practices for the University of Tennessee football season on the news and observing that players are already dropping balls.

We used to be religious fans and purchased season tickets, but sitting in the bleachers and watching passes being dropped and tackles being missed got to be a little too much.

As a past member of a football team that went not only undefeated and untied but never scored upon for an entire season in the early 1960s, I can let you in on a little secret that served us well.

All of the team members carried a tennis ball at all times, in class and out, and constantly squeezed it to build up our grip. With an iron grip, if you get your hands on the ball or a handful of jersey, you simply do not let go. I'll be glad to bring a case of tennis balls down to the stadium, if that will help.